Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has issued an executive order to limit or ban cell phone use for roughly 1.2 million public school students, in what he described as a response to mental health issues and academic underachievement among adolescents.
The order, issued on Tuesday, directs the Virginia Department of Education to create procedures that would restrict cell phone use during instructional time, such as pouches or dedicated cell phone lockers.
Education officials will consider exceptions for parents to communicate with children for necessary reasons, as well as protocols for students with medical needs or for emergency situations.
The decision follows a similar cell phone ban announced last month by the Los Angeles Unified School District. The chancellor of New York City Public Schools has said that he, too, is considering a phone ban for the nation's largest school district.
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